2nd Degree Murder Charge Filed Against DC Man in 2018 Case

Metropolitan Police Department homicide detectives charged Avadis Holtzclaw, 23, of Northwest, D.C., Monday with Second Degree Murder in connection with the 2018 death of an Alexandria, Virginia man, according to a police release.

On Feb. 27, 2018, officers from the Seventh District responded to the Unit block of Forrester Street, Southwest, to the report of a man down. Upon arrival, they found Mohammed Kamara, 37, of Alexandria, unconscious and unresponsive. Kamara was taken by D.C. Fire and Emergency Medical Services to a local hospital, but all lifesaving efforts failed to revive him. He was pronounced dead and transported to The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.

An autopsy was performed, which found the cause of Kamara's death to be blunt force trauma, and the OCME ruled the manner of death to be homicide.

Detectives arrested Holtzclaw on Monday, Dec. 23, charging him with Second Degree Murder.